[Belutti]

Hiya.

Since this is not officially recognized as a kind of addiction as far as I am aware, I am here to find out what y'all think of it.

I think it's possible that I am addicted to study as the title suggests. That is, it's not that I like to study all in all. It affects every part of my life. Sure, if I were to go out, I would probably 'enjoy' it, but I would feel very guilty because I would think I was wasting precious time I could be studying for things I did not need to.

Basically, I study just because. I cannot do without it. I literally cannot spend a day without studying. And it wears me out pretty badly sometimes.

I'm usually very tired, even after sleeping, I started drinking coffee again in order to be able to study longer and read more (I've got a lot of books to read, possibly a hobby that got out of control) and I'm afraid it's like Burnout.

Several hours a day started not being enough whereas a couple of years ago I felt really good studying about two hours very productively. Those several hours are exponentially more productive and yet I feel nowhere near as good as I felt when I studied two hours a couple of years ago. Just like a drug addict keeps needing more and more of his drug to get the same high.

I can maintain at a basic level social relationships especially through the Internet, but even when I'm talking with them, I cannot refrain from studying, I try to do both. I'm afraid my priorities are going to get messed up and there are people who have stood beside me and through a few things people should not have to because of my mental health problems, and I'm not willing to lose them, but I feel totally powerless against the fate of this.

Thank y'all so much for taking the time.

[ramirorico]

It certainly sounds like you're addicted to studying. And you did the right thing joining this forum.

There are a lot of people here that can give you good advice. Although studying is a good thing....it can take over your life if you're not careful or if you overdo it too much.

You didn't mention what you study or if you're in school so it's hard to figure out what's going on w/you.

[elevatedsoul]

i have the same problem, is it a blessing or is it a curse
i try to look at it as a gift, i live to seek knowledge!

[Belutti]

Thank you very much for taking the time.

I have just graduated from High School and am about to enter Law school, so I'm studying whatever comes to mind because I don't really have an official schedule. I'll study things unrelated to Law such as Calculus just because, or even things related to Law, or review stuff from High School. Basically, given I don't have an official schedule to go in the moment since my HS classes are over and Law school ones have not yet started, anything.

[AncientMelody]

To me your description doesn't sound like an addiction so much as a compulsion, just my thought. Worth checking in with a therapist.

[Belutti]

I am already focusing my therapy in one issue. I was hoping that this would be a minor one I would be able to take care of on my own, otherwise it could interrupt my course of treatment. I am already on many medications (escitalopram 10mg, topiramate 25mg, alprazolam 2mg) so I if it is some sort of compulsive disorder, it would be complicated to mix even more medications right now, but I will talk to both my therapist and my psychiatrist.